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CLS Holdings plc
("CLS" or the "Company")
Proposed purchase of 1 in every 42 Ordinary Shares of 25p each
in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") at 735 pence per share
by way of a tender offer (the "Tender Offer")
On 5 March 2012, the Board of CLS announced in its audited results for the year ended 31 December 2011 its intention to purchase 1 in every 42 Ordinary Shares by way of a tender offer at 735 pence per share.
Today CLS has posted a circular to shareholders in relation to the Tender Offer on the terms set out above. If the maximum number of 1,070,324 Ordinary Shares is acquired under the Tender Offer, this will result in approximately £7.9 million being paid by the Company to participating shareholders.
The Tender Offer is open to all eligible shareholders on the Company's register at 5.00pm on 17 April 2012, who may participate by tendering all or a proportion of their holdings of Ordinary Shares at the above price. The Tender Offer will be void if less than 0.1 per cent. of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company (excluding treasury shares) in aggregate is tendered. The Ordinary Shares purchased under the Tender Offer will be cancelled.
Copies of the Tender Offer circular and Tender Form have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority's National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.
The Tender Offer circular will shortly be available on the CLS website at www.clsholdings.com, in the Investor Relations section under Shareholder Documents. Copies of the documents may also be obtained from the Company Secretary.
Enquiries:
David Fuller
Company Secretary
CLS Holdings plc
+44 (0)20 7582 7766
Kinmont Limited
Jonathan Gray
+44 (0)20 7087 9100
Kinmont Limited is advising CLS in relation to the Tender Offer and no one else and will not be responsible to anyone other than CLS for providing the protections afforded to the customers of Kinmont Limited nor for providing any advice in relation to the Tender Offer.
This announcement, which has been issued by the Company and is the sole responsibility of the Company, has been approved only for the purposes of Section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 of the United Kingdom by Kinmont Limited, 5 Clifford Street, London W1S 2LG, a firm which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority.